Heilprinia timessa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.[2]

Heilprinia timessa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Fasciolariidae
Genus: Heilprinia
Species:
H. timessa
Binomial name
Heilprinia timessa
(Dall, 1889)
Synonyms[1]
  • Fusinus timessus (Dall, 1889)
  • Fusus timessus Dall, 1889
  • Heilprinia lindae Petuch, 1987

Description

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Distribution

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This marine species occurs off the Florida Keys.

References

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  1. ^ WoRMS : Fusinus timessus; accessed : 26 August 2010
  2. ^ MolluscaBase eds. (2020). MolluscaBase. Heilprinia timessa (Dall, 1889). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=448405 on 2020-12-06
  • Vermeij G.J. & Snyder M.A. (2018). Proposed genus-level classification of large species of Fusininae (Gastropoda, Fasciolariidae). Basteria. 82(4-6): 57-82.
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